E43: Why It’s So Hard to Evaluate Employees Accurately and What to Do About It
Explore why it’s so challenging for managers to evaluate their team members accurately.
E42: The Limitations of Leading by Example
Explore the pitfalls of leading by example, a simple and popular leadership style that is more problematic than it seems.
E41: The Hidden Power of Praise at Work
Explore the art of giving meaningful and effective praise in the workplace.
E40: How to Start a Successful Side Hustle Without Quitting Your Job
Dive into the world of side hustles, exploring their potential to provide financial stability, personal growth, and career transformation.
E39: How to Get Paid What You’re Worth and Avoid Salary Pitfalls
The pitfalls of salary negotiation and why so many people are underpaid.
E38: Preventing Personal Burnout
The challenges of workplace burnout and its impact on even—and perhaps especially—your most loyal employees.
E37: Why Prestigious Organizations Sometimes Breed Toxic Work Cultures
Learn about the complex dynamics of high-status organizations and their potential to create toxic workplace cultures
E36: When Empathy Backfires at Work
Dive into the complexities and unexpected challenges of empathy in the workplace.
E35: Ethical Sensitivity at Work
Delve into the challenges of having ethically sensitive individuals at work and the impact they have on teams.
E34: The Dark Side of Similarity
Explore the dark side of similarity and its surprising impact on team dynamics and workplace culture.
E33: The Chaos of Two Bosses
The challenges of co-leadership, where two bosses manage the same people or department.
E32: Family Business
Dive into the challenges of running a family business with management legend Barry Couch.
E31: People Skills: Build Trust, Lead Better
Expertise on navigating interpersonal dynamics, emphasizing trust-building, personal connections, and managing complex people issues.
E30: Innovation Through Diversity
Valuable insights and practical advice for managers and entrepreneurs on fostering a culture of innovation, embracing risk, and amplifying diverse voices.
E29: Embracing Failure: Fail Your Way to Success
Whether you’re navigating setbacks in work or life, this episode provides tools for using failure as a stepping stone to growth.
E28: Meaning and Performance Part 2
Renaissance man Kent Keith boosts our performance by honing in on what truly matters.
E27: Meaning and Performance Part 1
Poet, businessman, and author Kent Keith tells us how not having a date made him famous and explains his mistaken identity with Mother Theresa in an episode about finding meaning in your work and life.
S1 E8: Transitions with Nate Self: Finding Yourself Is So Yesterday
Like an acorn, even the best managers become something else one day. Listen to a war hero describe coming down from the mountain, forging a different path, and thriving. About Nate Self: West Point Honor Grad, author, coach, businessman, and war hero Nate Self lights up the Muse with his signature warmth and wisdom.
S1 E7: Management Errors: The Shortcut that Is Under Construction
Two people walk into your company, and you hire the wrong one. Worse than a bad joke, bad hiring costs greenbacks and induces more heartburn than chicken wings. Cindi and Geoff discuss solutions.
S1 E6: Crisis Management: The Columbia Disaster with Jefferson Howell
What should good managers do when the crap truly and completely hits the fan? We ask the former Commander of the Johnson Space Center what he did the day the Space Shuttle Columbia went down. About Jefferson Howell: The nicest three-star General you will ever meet, talks crisis management on the Muse.